 | 1872 - 438 Seiten
...whether the negligence of the deceased contributed to the injury. Eckert v. Long Island RR Co., 721. 8. The law has so high a regard for human life that it...constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons. Although an exposure to injury, for the purpose of saving property, is negligence, for the purpose... | |
 | 1890 - 548 Seiten
...danger of great bodily harm, it is held that such exposure and risk for such a purpose is not negligent. The law has so high a regard for human life that it...constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons.' The principle was culled from a well-considered opinion of the Conrt of Appeals of New York, in the... | |
 | 1892 - 554 Seiten
...all the other cases that come to our notice. InEckert v. Railway Co., 4:! NY 502, it was held that " the law has so high a regard for human life that it...negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under circumstances constituting rashness in tho jndgment lif prndent persons." In that case tho rescuer... | |
 | 1871 - 530 Seiten
...himself. Eckhart v. Long Island Railroad. Opinion by Grover, J. (Allen and Folger, .1.1 . dissenting.) a. The law has so high a regard for human life that It wUl not Impute negligence to an effort to preserve It, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1871 - 704 Seiten
...ScitROOATB. (Id.) CONTINGENT GUARANTY. See MORTGAGE OF LAND. (^ Laming t CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGEXCB 1. The law has so high a regard for human life that it will uoi impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under circumstances constituting rashness... | |
 | 1872 - 384 Seiten
...deliberation. He must act instantly, if at all, as a moment's delay would have been fatal to the child. The law has so high a regard for human life that it...to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persona. For a person engaged in hie ordinary affairs.'or in the mere protection of property, knowingly... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court - 1873 - 548 Seiten
...The girl was guilty of no negligence, but was attempting to save her brother, as the engineer swears. The law has so high a regard for human life, that...not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it. Eckert v. Loruj-Island Railroad, 3 American, 723 ; 43 New York,. 502 ; 1 ffilliard on Torts (3d ed.),... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1873 - 544 Seiten
...The girl was guilty of no negligence, but was attempting to save her brother, as the engineer swears. The law has so high a regard for human life, that...not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it. Eckert v. Long-Ialand Railroad, 3 American, 723 ; 43 New York, 502 ; 1 Billiard on Torts (3d ed.),... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1874 - 960 Seiten
...deliberation. He must act instantly, if at all, as a moment's delay would have been fatal to the child. The law has so high a regard for human life that it...constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons. For a person engaged in his ordinary affairs, or in the mere protection of property, knowingly and... | |
 | Milo Adams McClelland - 1877 - 588 Seiten
...to him, faithfully and diligently. 9. In respect to human life, the law has so high a regard for it, that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless the effort is made under such circumstances as to constitute recklessness, in the judgment of prudent... | |
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The law has so high a regard for human life that it will not impute negligence to an effort to preserve it, unless made under such circumstances as to constitute rashness in the judgment of prudent persons. 
